Infineon declined to comment on pictures of the iPad's inner structure, which were published on www.wirelessgoodness.com/2010/04/02/teardown-update-apple-ipad-3g-chips-exposed/.

Apple bars its suppliers from talking about their famous customer.

Industry experts said Infineon could make about $10 per iPad sold.

Apple's iPad -- a device between a smartphone and a laptop -- hit stores on Saturday in the United States. It will be sold in stores in Europe starting at the end of the month.

Apple hopes the sleek iPad joins the iPod and the iPhone in its stable of successful consumer products, providing the next driver of growth as sales of its multimedia player and smartphone begin to moderate.

An analysis by teardown firm Chipworks has already identified chips in the iPad from suppliers such as Cirrus Logic Inc, Atmel Corp, Linear Technology Corp, Intersil Corp and STMicroelectronics NV.

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